The Subcultures Reader: Second Edition - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415127270 ISBN 13: 9780415127271

Publisher: Routledge, 1997

Synopsis

Introducing new, contemporary essays and critique to sit alongside classic and canonical texts on subculture, The Subcultures Reader 2nd Edition is the only collected work of its kind in the field, bringing together the most valuable and stimulating writings from the Chicago School to the present day.

From teds, punks and ravers, taxi-dancers, zoot-suiters and drug-takers, to football 'hooligans', Star Trekkers and internet junkies, male prostitutes, cross-dressers and queers, subcultures come in many forms how and why they developed.

All the articles have been specially selected and edited for inclusion in the Reader and are grouped in sections, each with an editor's introduction. There is also a general introduction to the collection, which traces the historical development and key concerns of subcultural studies.

Giving expression to the diversity of subcultural identifications, from communities and 'tribes', to the 'global underground, the Reader is an essential guide to the subject. It enables students and teachers to understand how subcultural studies developed, the range of work it encompasses, and provides potential future directions of study throughout the field.

About this title

Synopsis

Teds, punks and ravers, taxi-dancers, zoot-suiters and drug-takers, football 'hooligans', Star Trekkers and internet junkies, male prostitutes, cross-dressers and queers. Subcultures come in many, varied and disputed forms, but they can be broadly defined as social groups organized around shared interests and practices, who often define themselves in opposition to other, 'mainstream' cultures. The Subcultures Reader brings together the most valuable and stimulating writings on subcultures from the Chicago School to the present day. It provides an essential guide to the field, enabling students and teachers to understand how subcultural studies developed, the range of work it encompasses, and future directions of study. All the articles have been specially selected and edited for inclusion in the Reader and are grouped in sections, each with an editor's introduction. There is also a general introduction to the collection, which maps out the field of subcultural studies. Caroline Bassett, Sussex University, Howard Becker, University of Washington, Marcos Becquer, John Clarke, Open University Gary Clarke, Albert K.Cohen, Ph

About the Author

Ken Gelder is a Reader in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. His books include Reading the Vampire (1994) and, with Jane M. Jacobs, Uncanny Australia: Sacredness and Identity in a Postcolonial Nation (1998). He is also editor of The Horror Reader (2000). His new book, Popular Fiction: The Logics and Practices of a Literary Field, will be published by Routledge in December 2004.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415127270
• ISBN 13: 9780415127271
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 616
• Editor: Gelder Ken, Thornton Sarah